Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Lena Headey – who play Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow and Cersei Lannister – in the hit HBO show, get the hefty salary, as do their co-stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Peter Dinklage.

Earlier this week, the shocking Hollywood pay gap between the highest paid actor, Mark Wahlberg and the highest paid actress Emma Stone was revealed, but it appears not to be an issue among the biggest stars on Game of Thrones.

Interestingly elsewhere in TV-land, House of Cards’ Kevin Spacey takes home $500,000 per episode like the GoT stars, while Claire Danes is on $450,000 (£350,000) for Homeland.

He’s making bank (Picture: Giphy)

But the biggest TV giant is set to be Robert De Niro, who will reportedly earn $775,000 (£600,000) for his Amazon drama series, according to Variety, and it hasn’t even got a title yet. It has however, got a director in the form of David O Russell.

Meanwhile, Emilia has shared the downsides to the pressure of GoT, admitting that she has ‘sleepless nights’ thinking she is going to ruin the final season.

The 30-year-old actress has starred as Daenerys in the hit HBO show since season one and the penultimate seventh season is coming to an end, but Emilia has admitted she is worried viewers will criticise her performance, despite getting reassurance from her pals.

Speaking to Elle Australia, the actress said: ‘Oh God, I get sleepless nights over it. “Oh you’re gonna mess it up. It’s the last season and it’s going to go wrong”.

Lena Headey and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau are all earning the top dollar (Picture: Helen Sloan/HBO)

‘My mates are like “it’s you – you and Daenerys are one and the same now. You need to trust your instincts”. And I’m like “no, I’ve got to do more research”.